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Shakespearean sonnets use
long words
iambic pentameter
silk threads to hold them on your head
iambic tertameter
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"A broom is drearily sweeping up the broken pieces of yesterday's life." -Jimi Hendrix
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
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Identify the sound device for, "Artificial amateurs aren't at all amazing"
repetition
rhyme
onomatopoeia
alliteration
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What is a hyperbole?
uses figurative language in comparing two unlike things
exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
giving human abilities/qualities to a nonhuman thing or idea
comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
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The title previews the poem
False
True
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A poem has to rhyme
false
true
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My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating...
hyperbole
simile
personification
metaphor
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What is personification?
giving human abilities/qualities to a nonhuman thing or idea
uses figurative language in comparing two unlike things
exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
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"As we soar walls, every siren is a symphony And every tear's a waterfall"
personification
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
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What is a simile?
uses figurative language in comparing two unlike things
exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
giving human abilities/qualities to a nonhuman thing or idea
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And my head told my heart, "Let love grow." But my heart told my head, "This time no."
hyperbole
metaphor
personification
simile
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What is meter?
The recurrent pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables.
The sequence in which rhyme occurs.
The 'paragraphs' in a poem.
The repetition of vowel sounds.
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What does it mean to analyze?
I don't know
look for textual evidence
to interpret or evaluate a text
to guess wisely about a text
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What is a metaphor?
giving human abilities/qualities to a nonhuman thing or idea
exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
comparing two unlike things using "like" or "as"
uses figurative language in comparing two unlike things
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The use of "I" shows
first person point-of-view
third person point-of-view
fifth person point-of-view
second person point-of-view
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On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams,
the city sleeps...
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
simile
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What is alliteration?
repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of words
a word that imitates a sound
a set of lines repeated multiple times throughout the song
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Identify the sound device for: "Bang, bang, Maxwell's silver hammer came down upon her head"
rhyme
alliteration
onomatopoeia
repetition
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"I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide." -Maya Angelou
personification
metaphor
simile
hyperbole
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There is only one right interpretation of a poem
True
False
I'm not sure
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You should read a poem at least twice
No, it will confuse you the second time around
Yes
Only if you don't get it
No
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The sequence abab cdcd efef gg is an example of:
stanzas.
meter.
alliteration.
rhyme scheme.
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What is onomatopoeia?
repeating the same letter or sound at the beginning of words
a word that imitates a sound
a set of lines repeated multiple times throughout the song
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I bend corners like I was a curve...
hyperbole
simile
metaphor
personification
